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Artefact ID1510
TM IDTM 372075
Findspot (DEChriM ID)10   (Amḥayda)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Trim. 2 457; O.Amheida inv. 13018: Account of hay 
The ostracon (10 × 5.3 cm) is inscribed on the convex side and lists bundles (δέσμιας). Names listed are Psais, Loui[...] and Ioannes.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from350
Date to370
Dating criteria

Find context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Excavated at Amḥayda by the Dakhleh Oasis Project, season 2008–2013. Discovered in Area 2.1, Room 22, DSU 273, FN 16.

Accession number

Egypt, Amheida, American excavations 2008-2013, Inv. 13018

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Ast, Rodney and Roger S. Bagnall. 2016. Amheida III: Ostraka from Trimithis. Volume 2: Greek Texts from the 2008–2013 Seasons. New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World/NYU Press. 115, No. 457.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1510", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1510
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